by Ron Henzel | Sep 12, 2024 | Atheism, deconstruction, Uncategorized
In my previous article, “‘Dear Alan…’ Letter to a Deconstructor (Part 1),” I explained how my friend, Alan Bondar, issued a challenge to Christians to read a pre-publication copy of his book titled, How to Kill God the Easy Way. Alan, who was once in Christian...
by Ron Henzel | Sep 5, 2024 | Agnostic, Atheist, Books, deconstruction
In mid-July of this year, my pastor sent me a screenshot of a Facebook post made by a mutual acquaintance. I’ve known Alan Bondar for about 20 years now, going back to when he was a youth minister. My pastor has known him for a bit more than half that time, initially...
by Ron Henzel | May 2, 2024 | Bible, Hermeneutics, Inerrancy, Jesus
About 20 years ago, I was on a phone call with a man that seemed to be going fairly well until I made the “mistake” of referring to the Bible as the word of God. “Oh no, brother. The Bible is not the word of God. Only Jesus is the Word of God!” This naturally led us...
by Ron Henzel | Oct 12, 2023 | Gender identity, Heresy, Heretics, micro-aggressions, Racism
In his 1978 speech, “How to Build a Universe That Doesn’t Fall Apart Two Days Later,” science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (who wrote the book that became the movie Blade Runner) wrote, “The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If...
by Ron Henzel | Aug 17, 2023 | Atonement, Bill Gothard / IBLP, Grace, Hermeneutics, Wrath of God
A few weeks ago I made a post on the platform formerly known as “Twitter.” It was a simple post, affirming the crucial doctrine of Penal Substitutionary Atonement (PSA). PSA teaches that on the cross, in mercy and grace, the Lord Jesus Christ acted as our substitute...
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